Bird lovers flock to donate for NZ birds after raucous century campaign (www.rnz.co.nz)

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[-] sortofblue@lemmy.nz 17 points 10 months ago

So.... mission accomplished? It doesn't matter which bird won (so long as it wasn't a bloody bat!), John Oliver did the organisation and the birds a massive favour.

[-] SamC@lemmy.nz 9 points 10 months ago

Yep, the main point of bird of the year is to raise awareness and help all the birds do better... so in that respect, Oliver seems to have helped a lot

[-] ghostface@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Honestly, my kiwi brethren. Is it really that big of a deal?

From my very narrow (american) perspective, all of the reasons why Oliver picked the bird was mainly for thw sound and look. Which to be honest judged on its face seems valid.

Just wondering how real this is versus media exploiting a situation

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 4 points 10 months ago

Our love for Bird of the Year is real. I can see how it might seem weird that we like birds so much but imagine if the only native American wildlife you had were birds, and heaps of them were going extinct.

Just as birds in NZ evolved to fill ecological niches taken by mammals in most countries (wrens acting like mice, parrots acting like monkeys) they also fill a corner of our hearts where you might have a bison or a wolf.

That said the John Oliver participation is a huge boost and most people are happy about it. Pretend outrage about hacks by White Faced Heron lobby etc is part of the tradition.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's all about raising money for Forest and Bird. In that respect it has been great. I don't think there are many people that actually care about John Oliver rigging the vote.

The amount of media attention it got in NZ I think represents how little other news there was at the time. And it all helped the purpose.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Nature (and the news) certainly abhors a vacuum!

I'm sure there's a cheap shot about the news being vacuous but I all out of ideas

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 10 months ago

Something about the vacuum reflecting on the nature of their intelligence/morals....there is defiantly something there.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"The news abhors a vacuum like a cat hates water. They'll fill it with anything, even if it's just a debate on the proper way to peel a banana. Tune in at 11 for the gripping conclusion!"

Thanks ChatGPT